Overjoyed mum praises heroes on-board passenger plane who saved son’s life in mid-air after he began convulsing

Elise Doohan has thanked the 'incredible' air crew and medic passengers who saved her one-year-old child

By PAUL HARPER

26th November 2016, 9:32 pm

Updated: 27th November 2016, 9:56 am

AN EXTREMELY grateful mother has thanked the "absolute angels" who saved her son when he began convulsing on a flight.

Elise Doohan was flying from Sydney to Perth with her young sons Chance, three, and Sebastian, one, when her youngest fell gravely ill.

Elise Doohan

Sebastian pictured during the flight on November 13 shorly after he became extremely ill

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Elise Doohan wrote a letter of thanks to Qantas after the mid-air drama

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Elise Doohan (right) pictured with her husband Matt (left) and their two sons Sebastian (front left) and Chance (front right)

Elise Doohan

Elise said her son Sebastian is now fit and healthy after falling gravely ill on the flight to Perth

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Her emotive and grateful message to Qantas on Facebook in full

In a later Facebook post she described how Sebastian went "floppy, vomited and his eyes rolled back into the back of his head".

The frantic mother was in "tears and really distressed because her son wasn't responding".

A hostess quickly took her to the back of the plane as staff called out for any on-board medics.

A doctor and a paramedic luckily were on board and sat with Sebastian for the remainder of the flight checking his health and reassuring the stressed mum.

It emerged the doctor felt Sebastian's heart rate was so low that he needed immediate emergency treatment but with the flight so close to Perth, they had to keep him calm and under constant monitoring.

The Qantas flight attendants stayed close to the family for the rest of the journey on November 13.

When the flight landed in Perth, Sebastian was taken to hospital and diagnosed with a "bug" and lack of oxygen, reported Mail Online.

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Chance and Sebastian when flying with their mother when Sebastian began convulsing and became unresponsive

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Elise Doohan with her beloved son Sebastian

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Qantas has promised to commend the staff who were singled out for praise along with the rest of the crew

Praising the staff and medics, Mrs Doohan said: "Thankfully my son is healthy today, but I cannot express how thankful I was to be on board that flight with such absolute angels.

"Your staff went completely above and beyond in every single aspect.

"They were absolutely incredible.

"I was always remember that flight and how beautiful humans can be."

The airline Qantas replied that it was "very humbled" by her experience, and promised to commend the staff on board for their efforts.

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